Intercourse Pistols guitarist Steve Jones says he hasn’t spoken to his former bandmate John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) for properly over a decade.
“I have not spoken to him in years,” Jones admitted throughout a current look on the Rockonteurs podcast. “2008 was the final time I spoke to him. We did 30 reveals round Europe. We did a bunch of festivals and all that, Japan, Australia. We ended up at Hammersmith Odeon, Hammersmith Apollo, after which we had yet one more present within the Basque nation and that was it.”
Very similar to of their earlier breakups, tensions inside the Intercourse Pistols proved too troublesome to beat. The band’s final present with Lydon occurred on Sept. 5, 2008.
“I used to be finished after that, no extra,” Jones defined, expressing his exacerbation with the state of affairs. “An excessive amount of. Too previous, an excessive amount of, not sufficient finished.”
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Since then, the Intercourse Pistols members have gone onto their very own initiatives. In 2022, the band was again within the headlines because of Pistol, a restricted TV sequence targeted on the band’s tumultuous historical past. Lydon unsuccessfully sued his former bandmates in an try to cease the reveals’ launch.
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Earlier this 12 months, Jones reunited with drummer Paul Cook dinner and bassist Glen Matlock to revive the Intercourse Pistols. Frank Carter, frontman of English punk group Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes, took Lydon’s place on vocals. The group performed a complete of 9 reveals collectively, garnering overwhelmingly optimistic reactions from followers and critics alike.
“That is totally different,” Jones declared of the Intercourse Pistols’ new lineup throughout his Rockonteurs look. “It is a totally different vibe. Night time and day.”
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“He would not attempt to be John,” the guitarist continued, praising Carter’s skills as a frontman. “It is simply enjoyable. You already know what I imply? And it comes throughout as enjoyable. Plus we’re enjoying it the way it must be performed. And you bought this lunatic leaping round in every single place. And he brings a giant aspect to the enjoyable a part of it.”
Although the band’s 2024 touring seems to be finished, Jones confirmed the Intercourse Pistols new lineup might be again in 2025. “We’re going to go on the highway subsequent 12 months.”
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